Dimorphocarpa wislizeni
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Brassicales |
Family: | Brassicaceae |
Genus: | Dimorphocarpa |
Species: | D. wislizeni
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Binomial name | |
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni | |
Synonyms | |
Dithyrea griffithsii Woot. & Standl. |
Dimorphocarpa wislizeni, commonly known as spectacle pod, Wislizeni's spectaclepod, and touristplant, is a flowering plant in the mustard family native to western North America, where it occurs in the southwestern United States as far east as Oklahoma and Texas, and Baja California, Sonora,[1] Chihuahua, and Coahuila in Mexico.[2]
Description
This species is an annual herb with a branching or unbranched stem 10 to 80 centimeters tall. The basal leaves are lance-shaped with toothed or lobed edges. Leaves higher on the stem are narrower, with less divided or smooth edges. The flowers have white or lavender petals 4 to 8 millimeters long. The fruit is a double-lobed, winged silicle that breaks in half at maturity, each lobe carrying a flat seed 2 or 3 millimeters wide.[2]
The plant grows in sandy and sandstone substrates[2] in desert shrubland, pinyon-juniper, and ponderosa pine associations.[3]
The seed pods of Dimorphocarpa wislizeni are flat, green, two-lobed capsules that superficially resemble spectacles, hence the common name. This feature makes identification of Spectacle Pod easy.
Uses
The Zuni people applied a warm infusion of the pulverized plant to swelling, especially the throat. A decoction of entire plant was given for delirium.[4] An infusion of the plant was taken by men to "loosen their tongues so they may talk like fools and drunken men."[5] The flower and fruit eaten as an emetic for stomachaches.[6]
References
- ^ "Dimorphocarpa wislizeni". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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- ^ Dimorphocarpa wislizeni. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ Stevenson, M. C. 1915. Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p.48-49)
- ^ Stevenson, p.91
- ^ Camazine, S. and R. A. Bye. 1980. A study of the medical ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2 365-88. (p.375)
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External links
- Dimorphocarpa wislizeni. CalPhotos.
- Dimorphocarpa wislizeni, touristplant. USDA PLANTS.
- Dimorphocarpa wislizeni (Engelm.) Rollins. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- Dimorphocarpa wislizenii. National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).Error: "Q3025712" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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- Brassicaceae
- Flora of the Western United States
- Flora of Mexico
- Plants described in 1848
- Plants used in traditional Native American medicine